
2 Semester Hours. Prerequisite: DH 100, DH 105, and DH 212. Co-requisite: DH 216. One hour lecture and two hours lab each week.Anesthesiology introduces the dental hygiene student to the different types of anesthesia. Topics include the pharmacology of the different types of anesthesia, indications, contraindications, review of anatomic landmarks, and pain management. The laboratory portion of the course teaches to laboratory competency the techniques for administering local anesthetic and nitrous oxide sedation.